I need to write the names 小此木憲次 (the adopted son of 宮部金吾） and 森廣 (a leader of 札幌独立キリスト教会) in ローマ字 in an academic paper. What is the correct 読み方 for 小此木 and for 廣?
I tried kanji.reader.bz but it did ...

If two twin brothers attended the same class, how would their teacher address each of them to indicate to whom they were speaking to, since they shared the same family name?
Would one be seen as the ...

At the store the other day, a toddler walked by and called me おじさん. I know this is a generic "mister" for children toward middle-aged adults. I'm wondering if there's an equivalent generic word for ...

My parents are not Japanese but they named my sister and me with Japanese names for the meanings they had:
Mariko - Child of Truth
Midori - Youthful Immortal.
With these definitions as guidance, can ...

I'm starting to study Japanese — and of course, it seems one of the first things one is taught in any language is how to introduce oneself. So, according to some (admittedly sketchy looking) online ...

Is it possible and acceptable to transcript foreign names into hiragana instead of katakana for aesthetic or other personal purposes?
How would Japanese people judge this choice? Would they perceive ...

In the Fire Emblem: Awakening game, the avatar character — that is, the main character whose name and gender you pick — has a default name. In English, the default name is Robin, because the character ...

My name is Laurence. I would write this in Japanese as ロレンス (rorensu). My question is, when I introduce myself, do I pronounce my name as it is in katakana, or as it is in English?:
That is, would I ...

I noticed that many Japanese businessmen tend to address the colleagues they are traveling with, or even introduce themselves as ◯◯◯さん. This would clearly be a faux-pas in a Japanese-only meeting, yet ...

I recently watched a Japanese drama titled 「おせん」. The title comes from the first name of the main character - the character's name is 半田{はんだ}仙{せん} who is a young お上{かみ} of a traditional restaurant.
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Listening to an ancient rip of Escaflowne soundtrack, I wanted to add artist information to one file. I managed to identify some things from context and matching guesses to dictionary entries, but not ...

So we all know that most (all?) countries' names can be written in kanji as well as kana. And occasionally kanji from these names are used to represent the language of those countries. For example, we ...

In Japanese, some names exist in both people and prefectures or cities. For example, Fukushima Industries Corporation is not named after the prefecture of Fukushima (福島県) or the city, but after Nobuo ...

So my name is written Anibal, I'm from Brazil, just so you know.
I'd like to know how would you write it in japanese, I'm in doubt between A-ni-ba-ru and A-ni-ba-e-ru. Any further explanation would be ...

I understand surnames and given names usually have some reason for existing, and have existed for several years. My question, I guess, really is: if someone were making up a completely different name ...

My wife will give birth to our son soon and I am trying to come up with a name for him.
Does anyone have any suggestions for a name which can be written and pronounced in both English and Japanese? I ...

Several years ago I invested some time and energy digging up more ways to write "Australia" in Japanese than I ever expected would exist:
オーストラリア is the usual spelling these days
濠太剌利 is a rare old ...

What is the general etiquette about about using the newer characters （新字体） or even a more modern version of the old character (旧字体） when used in names? Is it generally considered rude?
For example, ...

I thought of this after seeing a news article about 星出{ほしで}彰彦{あきひこ}, who is an astronaut.
Aptronym is a term for a name (often the surname) that fits a person's occupation or personality. A classic ...

I am Portuguese, and my name is João, which has a peculiar pronunciation that is very difficult for foreign people. It is the Portuguese equivalent to the English John, but the pronunciations are very ...

Often, names are abbreviated using the initial letter in romanization, or some random letter, like "A". However, when the name has an affixal 子, that part is often left, like "A子". I have not seen any ...

Sort of hinted by a recent question How would one express an opinion from the perspective of an inclusive group? .
Japanese titles in books, songs, shows, etc. are accompanied with a title (status) ...

I have heard—though not often—people refer to themselves using their first name, not by using a pronoun for "I." Does this have special connotation in Japanese? Nothing about the usage (to me) seemed ...